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Genus of stick insects

Nesiophasma
Adult female Nesiophasma sobesonbaii from Timor
Photographed by Davis Damaledo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Subfamily: Platycraninae
Tribe: Stephanacridini
Genus: Nesiophasma
Günther, 1935
Synonyms

Mylothrus Günther, 1935

Nesiophasma is a genus of very large stick insects within the order Phasmatodea and the tribe of Stephanacridini. This genus is found in Wallacea west of Weber’s Line: Sulawesi, Peleng Island, Selayar Island, Kalaotoa Island, Sanana Island, Romang Island, Timor Island, Sangihe Island and Talaud Islands. New Guinea with doubt . The largest in the list of species is Nesiophasma giganteum, with females reaching a body length of 30 cm (12 inches).

Species

The Phasmida Species File lists:

References

  1. Günther, 1935 Mitteilungen der Deutschen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 5:5-9
  • Hennemann, Le Tirant & Purwanto, 2021. Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia—a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa(Insecta: Phasmatodea). Zootaxa. 5073. 1-189. 10.11646/zootaxa.5073.1.1.
  • Hennemann, Frank. (2020). Megacraniinae-The Palm Stick Insects: A new subfamily of Old World Phasmatodea and a redefinition of Platycraninae Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1893 (Phasmatodea: "Anareolatae"). Zootaxa. 4896. 151-179. 10.11646/zootaxa.4896.2.1.
  • Hennemann F. H., Damastra G.B., Damaledo D.M., Cumming R.T. & Le Tirant S., (2023). Nesiophasma sobesonbaii n. sp. A new giant stick insect from the island of Timor, Indonesia (Insecta: Phasmatodea). Faunitaxys, 11(20): 1-13.

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Taxon identifiers
Hermarchus
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